‘Michael’ review: A Jackson biopic leaves too much unsaid.

Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in a scene from “Michael” (Lionsgate Films/Universal Pictures) By ALISSA WILKINSON Of course his songs are great. Of course his dancing is sublime. You might be lulled into thinking that’s the point of “Michael”: to spend a couple hours basking in a string of showstoppers, reveling in the transcendent talents of the King of Pop, from his days fronting the Jackson 5 to — well, to performing “Bad” at Wembley Stadium in London, anyhow. But that was never the...

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